Models, the good kind

[Admiral Yi]

Oddity.

[mongers]

Oddity.

By that I meant some revell miniships (1200th), these kits date from the 50s'60s, made by other companies, subsequently reissued any number of times. So rather inaccurate to start with and modern boxings are from by now very tired molds.

[Admiral Yi]

My position is unchanged.

[The Brain]

Much like my diaper. MOM!

[Maladict]

Take the most recent mold. They generally have less fitting issues.

[mongers]

Take the most recent mold. They generally have less fitting issues.

Sound advice.

The Tamiya kits are probably ok, despite being from the 70s.

[The Brain]

I was looking at some Japanese WW2 movie clips and came across this, from an airstrike early in the Pacific War. Oh those Japanese.

[The Brain]

Today the Nagato arrived. Sweet!

Apparently some assembly is required.

[The Brain]

It is happening!

I have started assembly. 1:350 seems to be a fairly nice scale for capital ships. At a bit over 2 ft the model has a presence without being unwieldy.

[The Brain]

Assembly is proceeding, though somewhat slowly. The hull is done. I have to paint some parts during assembly for best results, which requires me to thimk.

Doing this scale model thing again is nice.

[mongers]

Brain, anymore developments on the scale-modeling front?

[The Brain]

Brain, anymore developments on the scale-modeling front?

Yes, but pretty slow. Yesterday I painted the hull (since I use spray paint it's best to do it at this stage), and I have begun work on the deck and superstructure. I'm normally way too lazy for WIP pics, but you never know on this kind of biggish project.

If I finish the Nagato and still enjoy myself I'll probably take on the Akagi (Hasegawa) or Yamato (Tamiya, premium version).

[Monoriu]

Any pics?

[The Brain]

Any pics?

I'm not a machine. Maybe I'll manage some pics and maybe I won't. We'll see.

Edit: And no Mono, it's a model of the real ship Nagato.

[The Brain]

Some progress, but not very quick. I'm learning a lot of basic scale model stuff by working on this model, which is great, but it means that I often have to stop and think.

In other news I scored a half price 1:350 destroyer Yukikaze (Hasegawa) at my FLMS. I have had my eye on the Yukikaze, and it looks like a nice little model.